Planes were flying in formation to publicize Memorial Day weekend event

The body pulled from a World War-II era plane that crashed Friday evening in the Hudson River was identified Saturday as a 56-year-old pilot from Florida, the New York Police Department said.

William Gordon of Key West, Fla., had taken off from Republic Airport on Long Island in a P-47 Thunderbolt and was flying in a three-plane formation Friday over the river for a local air show when he sent a distress signal at around 7:30 p.m., authorities said.